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■ THE 21 st CENTURY- MAKING THE CONNECTION! -
SSS LAW DAY
Morris Brown Student Bar Association in the Legal Studies Department organized its
first annual “Law Day” held on March 9, 1999. Our theme this year was “Blacks And
The Law.” Our purpose is to spread the word in the Adanta University Center, and
throughout the Adanta community about the many ways that the law affects black
people. We presented a student symposium on Blacks And The Law which was held
in the Legal Studies Department
Place...
Again!
T he staff of the
Wolverine Observer
has every reason to
be proud...the pub
lication was awarded “First
Place, Outstanding College
Newspaper” in the Senior
College Division at the re
cently concluded 48 th An
nual Southern Regional
Press Institute convention
and competition at Savan
nah State University. The
publication also won first and
second place “Outstanding
Senior College Feature
Writing.” This is the third
award since the reintroduc
tion of the publication in the
fall of 1996.
Morris Brown’s other usu
ally successful publication at
this annual competition,
The Brownite Yearbook,
received “Honorable Men
tion” as it was the lone entry
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More Black
Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950). Courtesy
of Charles H. Houston, Jr., and Moorland-Spingarn Research Center,
Howard University, Washington, D.C. (see historical spotlight]
By William H. De Sousa
Sheppard, J.D., LL.M.
CHAIRPERSON, MBC LEGAL
STUDIES DEPARTMENT
A s we reflect on
some of the writ
ten expressions of
Morris Brown
students regarding legal mat
ters of the Wolverine Ob
server, it is important to note
that there is a widespread
misconception that the per
centage of black lawyers in
American has significantly
increased since the Civil
Rights Movement. This per
ception exists because of the
expansion of various educa
tional opportunities; the
greater visibility of black
judges; increased visibility of
black lawyers in movies and
on television; and more re
cently, the high visibility of
lawyers like Johnnie Cochran,
and Cheryl Miller, a member
of President Clinton’s im
peachment defense legal
team.
Prior to the Civil Rights
Movement, the percentage of
black lawyers was less than
one percent. Today, the per
centage of all minority law
yers in America is less than
two percent. Among para
legals and legal assistants,
the percentages are believed
to be the same. Raw numbers
may have changed, but the
percentages of black legal pro
fessionals in this country has
remained constant.
Misconceptions about the
actual number of black law
yers are present in the larger
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Lawyers Needed
Mrs. Priscilla Jenkins, Director for the Center For A Global Workforce and Community Service
(second from left) enjoying conversation of memories with senior residents of Friendship Towers,
Southeast Atlanta during the "Intergenerational Valentine's" celebration day with Morris Brown.
ValeRtiiie’s Da$> is...
(See story on page 5)
Founders
Day March
15* 1999
By Karen A. Daniel
MBC - COLLEGE RELATIONS
Founded, on Service,
Grounded in Excel
lence, and Anchored
in Tradition.
Founders Day gives us pause
to honor the legacy of the
men and women whose col
lective vision became the
Morris Brown College we
know today. Pictured are
founders Stewart Wiley (top),
John Wesley Gaines (middle),
and the first president of the
board of trustees, Bishop
William F. Dickerson.
Important
Dates to
Remember
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